Khalid was dismissed by the committee on Monday for expressing no contrition and claiming that he was justified to criticize the federal government.

In response to his dismissal, Khalid stated that the committee’s decision was a price he had to pay for speaking the truth to authorities.

The cleric told Vanguard on Monday night that the Management Committee of a new Jum’mat Mosque behind the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Quarters, Abuja, had granted him a new appointment.

He noted that he would start leading his new congregation starting from Friday, April 8.

Khalid said, “My sack is a reflection of how Nigeria is today. Many people are hiding under the cover of religion to perpetrate all manner of unwholesome acts.

“Such people would stop at nothing to take away people like me.

“This is the price we pay for aligning with the people and identifying with their sufferings.

“By the Grace of Almighty Allah, I will be leading my new congregation this Friday, because as clerics we need a platform to operate.

“There’s a Jum’mat mosque we built behind the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Quarters, in Abuja; I will now be leading the congregation there.”